So, it is apparent we are going to have a carbon tax and, there are twos and fros as to whether or not it will cost jobs.

So, what are the plans if it does costs jobs and, what are you prepared to do without should ithat occur?

rehctub,
in all honesty I believe I am morally not out of line by saying i don't have to do without anything the way I live. There are millions like me in the same situation. Those who bleed us dry & cause us much distress are the ones who need to curb their ways. The bureaucrats & con merchants, the entertainment elite, the pollution merchants etc. The ex politicians who cost us more than we can really afford. make them contribute to their Super so that we can get a decent pension for wearing out our bodies & mind from constant struggle.
Make those who take tighten their belts not those of us for whom a tight belt has been our life.

So much for the govt; putting their hands into the super funds. They did put their hand in there , but the fist was full of dollars. Nothing has changed since i have walked upon this sacred earth, times are always tough, life wasn't meant to be easy. The idea is keep ahead of the game. The easiest thing out is to make electricity, that eliminates an entire bill, four times a year. People are dab hands at causing their own overspending problems, and it is always someone elses fault when it is time to repay the debts. The shock and ore about the carbon tax is a fraud. It will slip into society as the GST or any other Tax. The country will be better off in the long run, and it will never be cheaper than now.

I will go without nothing.
Australians mostly will.
Those who do will ,as is the case now have other factors behind the shortages.
I would be prepared to give up reading such as this phantom bashing .

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The easiest thing out is to make electricity, that eliminates an entire bill, four times a year.
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Please do tell us dumb plebs how you make your own electricity and avoid paying four bills a year. Come on, share your secrets, be kind to us dregs.

579, How on earth can our country be better off with a carbon tax.

Perhaps the world may be better off with a globally adopted ETS, but as fo us, I doubt it.

Now I to am curious about this make you own electricity.

I hope your not referring to a government, sorry, tax payer, subsidized system that I helped to pay for, because if you are, that is a hypocritical statement, make your own power, cause if it is It's a bit like I will have that so long as someone else pays the bill.